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jc1000: They say Lightroom Classic will still be supported but I think the writing's on the wall. Adobe wants to maximize profits and lock you into cloud services. Time to move on to other products that are producing innovative desktop solutions instead of Adobe's amateur mobile products.

If there's ONE thing we all know, it's the fact that products labelled "Classic" inevitably will disappear from the market in a not too distant future...

Never -- EVER!!! -- will I be held hostage by Adobe, by storing my image files in their (US!) cloud. Period. I've been very patient with you, Adobe, but it's over now. I'm done with your "plans". I'm out.

Jorgen E: I will NOT let myself be held hostage by Adobe and their "pay-us-for-the-rest-of-your-life"-strategy. I'll stick with my Production Premium CS6 Suite, and continue to update Lightroom for as long as Adobe let me. When that doesn't work anymore, I'll find some alternatives. I think I'm done with Adobe...

It's not about cost.

It's about potentially losing access to the edits you made during the period you subscribed. It's about standing there with NO software WHATSOEVER, the day you decide not to continue paying Adobe for as long as you live. It's about Adobe's attitude towards customers who have supported them over the years, buying expensive licences. It all boils down to greed an arrogance, really...

I will NOT let myself be held hostage by Adobe and their "pay-us-for-the-rest-of-your-life"-strategy. I'll stick with my Production Premium CS6 Suite, and continue to update Lightroom for as long as Adobe let me. When that doesn't work anymore, I'll find some alternatives. I think I'm done with Adobe...

G Davidson: I'm sorry, but the two-handed picture with that massive zoom lens says it all. Unless they can make some seriously smaller zooms for this thing, it really falls behind m4/3 too far to be taken seriously. Well, that's from me, there's no telling what the consumer response will be and the lack of controls mark this out as a consumer-oriented product.

It seems that Nikon's latest foray into the compact world shares the Coolpix mix of innovative features yet a final package that photographically falls behind the competition. Perhaps the combination of small sensor and fast operation will be just the ticket for the intended audience. But will anyone non-enthusiast be willing to spend so much on a consumer item? It really is a long shot and they ought to sort out the pricing, $500 would be about right, which is where I see it ending up in a couple of months.

"I'm sorry, but the two-handed picture with that massive zoom lens says it all. Unless they can make some seriously smaller zooms for this thing, it really falls behind m4/3 too far to be taken seriously".......Well, the 30-110VR seems to be very compact -- even more so than the Olympus m43 40-150 equivalent.

digby dart: dpreview used to be a place were those interested in photography could catch up on the latest photography news and read impartial reviews of gear from a variety of manufacturers, that didn't seem to change much when Amazon bought the site some years back - however the recent push for this new Nikon system has really confirmed a change in the flavour of this site.

In short order the Nikon 1 system has been given its own forum, supported by a seemimgly endless series of articles advertising the system - articles now often followed by links to Amazon to purchase into that same system.

Most of the response to the Nikon offering has been negative, dispite this the push goes on undaunted. Disappointing.